Also Known As: None KnownDescription: The
chud’beth is a humanoid creature six to nine feet tall with short legs
and long, stocky arms. Instead of hands, it has four twelve-inch claws a
the end of each arm similar in appearance to a mole’s. The creature’s
head is reminiscent of an armadillo, only with huge, faintly glowing,
pupil-less eyes. Its mouth is small and full of jagged teeth. The
chud’beth’s body is covered with a dense natural body armor which, like
the face, is similar to that of an armadillo except for its bespeckled
bluish coloration. BMA Classification: Chud’beths are classified as monsters by the Bureau of Monster affairs. Powers:
In addition to its body armor and large claws, the chud’beth has a very
keen sense of smell, which it can use to track warm-blooded creatures. Vulnerabilities: Since
the chud’beth’s armor makes it all but impervious to conventional
weapons, the most effective way to kill the creature is through massive
doses of poison. Chud’beths dislike bright lights and are esily confused
by high-pitched sounds; while these won’t kill the creature, they can
serve as useful distractions. Biology and Habitat: Chud’beth
live deep underground in a vast, ever-expanding network of catacombs.
These catacombs are known to come close to the surface in Evansville,
Louisiana, Bowling Green, Kentucky (via a connection with the Mammoth
Cave system), and Salt Lake City, Utah. Chud’beths
are solitary creatures, only reproducing on the rare occasions when two
chud’beths of opposite sexes encounter one another in the catacombs.
After a pair mates, the female lays her egg and moves on, and the
chud’beth hatches a year later. A
fully grown chud’beth spends most of its life digging to expand the
network of catacombs. Every six years, a chud’beth enters into
hibernation, curling up into a ball and sleeping for approximately eight
months. Upon awakening, it sets out to find food. Thought the chud’beth
normally sustains itself on other creatures living underground, they
occasionally dig through to the surface to search for food. A chud’beth
who has just awakened from hibernation has a voracious appetite, and the
creatures have been known to eat head of livestock and/or humans before
being sated. Sightings: While
creatures believed to be chud’beth exist in some Native American
stories, the first recorded sighting was by early French settlers in
Louisiana. The creatures are most often encountered in Louisiana,
Kentucky, and Utah, but are occasionally seen elsewhere, especially in
areas with large underground cave systems. Chud’beths first became
widely-known in the mid-1990s when Universal Rasslin’ League champion
The Masked M-Forcer wrestled two of the creatures as part of a
pay-per-view event. Although both The Maked M-Forcer and Mr. Colin
Thomas insist otherwise, most M-Force agents who have tangled with
chud’beths assume that the two The Masked M-Forcer fought were either
drugged or domesticated. Additional Information: Chud’beth
tunnels can be detected using seismic sensors. Audo sensors are
effective for tracking the creatures themselves. The chud’beth is
instantly recognizable by its two distinctive noises: a periodic
high-pitched barking sound that it makes when agitated; and a quieter
but continual low, rumbling, grinding sound emitted from somewhere
inside the throat. It is from this latter sound that he creature’s name
is derived. Body: 15Brain: 6Nerve: 16Job: Tunnel Digger (16)Gimmick: None Weakness: Light (14); High-Pitched Noises (12)Skills: Track by scent +5Armor Rating: 10Damage Bonus: +3HP: 32Yum Yums: 2